1950 Hurricane Season

The 1950 Hurricane Season was an average season, with atotal of 10 named storms. However, this season was not very destructive.

Tropical Storm Alfred
Alfred was a weak tropical storm that killed 3 people due to flooding.

Hurricane Becky
Becky was a Category 2 Hurricane that stayed out in open waters.

Hurricane Colton
Colton was a Category 3 Hurricane that, while never making landfall, killed 10 people with it's powerful storm surges as a hurricane (6 deaths) and flooding as a summer nor'easter (4 deaths)..

Hurricane Delia
Delia was a Category 1 Hurricane that stayed out in open waters until sideswiping the east coast and weakening.

(Sub)Tropical Storm Elias
Tropical Storm Elias was a highly debated Subtropical Storm. Many believed this particular storm did not need named as it was extratropical. However it was both tropical and extratropical, making it a subtropical storm and therefore meeting the criteria. However, while most call it Tropical Storm Elias, and most records use this name, it is technically Subtropical Storm Elias.

Hurricane Fey
Fey was a Category 5 Hurricane that made landfall as a Category 4 and killed 169 people, also causing a lot of damage. This was the strongest storm of the year.

Tropical Storm Graham
Graham was a strong Tropical Storm that drenched Louisiana with rain, but was otherwise not a threat

Tropical Storm Hannah
Hannah was a weak Tropical Storm that did not pose much of a threat and took no lives. However, a Derecho flared up in Hannah's remnants over Arkansas, which claimed the lives of 4 people. The deaths caused by the Derecho are most often considered deaths from Hannah, giving the Tropical Storm it's death toll of 4 people.

Hurricane Isaiah
Isaiah was a Category 2 Hurricane that remained in open waters.

Tropical Storm Janine
Janine spent most of it's life as a post-tropical/extratropical system.

Summary
The 1950 season was an average season with 10 storms. In total, 186 people lost their lives during the season.

Retirement of Names
At the end of the season, the National Weather Service declared the official retirement of the name Fey due to the destruction and loss of life linked to Hurricane Fey, and replaced it with Felicia beginning with the 1956 season.